The Vietnam Federation of Civil Engineering Associations has issued a statement strongly protesting against China’s violations of Vietnam’s sovereignty, sovereign right and jurisdiction, and requesting the country to withdraw its oil rig from Vietnam’s waters.

(VOV) - Historical evidence of Vietnam's sovereignty over the two archipelagoes- Hoang Sa (Paracel) and (Spratly) Truong Sa are featured is a book that Dr. Han Nguyen Nguyen Nha has devoted a great deal of effort.

(VOV) - As a large country, China has used coercion and made threats to use force to wage war against a small country, according to Lawyer Le Thanh Son.

Chinese vessels on June 29 were arranged in two rows to prevent Vietnamese law enforcement ships from approaching the area where the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 is illegal standing. 

(VOV) - The Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) on June 29 released a statement protesting China’s illegal placement of oil rig Haiyang Shiyou- 981 in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf. 

(VOV) - MA. Hoang Viet, a HCM City Law University lecturer has performed an in-depth analysis of China’s “expansion” ambitions in the East Sea, concluding they are a proposition that borders on the absurd.

(VOV) - Despite incessantly asserting it desires peace and does not want to complicate the situation, China continues to blatantly doublespeak in attempts to change the status quo in defiance of all.

The Vietnam Bar Federation (VBF) on June 27 issued the second statement protesting China’s repeated use of force in the East Sea to change Vietnam’s sovereignty status quo over its waters there. 

China still keeps 110-114 ships of various kinds around its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou – 981 which is illegally standing in Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone, reported the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department on June 27. 

(VOV) - Nearly 100 French scholars and professors gathered in Paris on June 25 to address the East Sea dispute and its ramifications on security in the Southeast Asian region.

(VOV) - Senior ASEAN officials have expressed deep concern about recent escalated tensions in the East Sea and hoped a more legally binding code of conduct (COC) will be formulated soon to resolve territorial disputes in the region. 

(VOV) - Russia’s Federation Council (the upper house) supports peaceful negotiations in accordance with international law and non-intervention principle to resolve all disputes, including those in East Sea. 

(VOV) - A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson said the country's army has established a strategic periodical patrol mechanism in the East Sea.

Chinese ships of various kinds on June 26 formed a line coming threateningly close to restrain Vietnamese ships from undertaking their normal law enforcement missions in Vietnam’s waters, reported the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department. 

(VOV) - US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel has said China needs to clarify its sovereignty claims in accordance with international law.

Vietnam has adequate evidence to prove and confirm that Chinese ships had intentionally rammed and damaged its vessels, heard a regular press conference of the Foreign Ministry on June 26. 

(VOV) -Taking legal action is one of peaceful measures that is receiving support from the international community, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Hai Binh.

(VOV) - Dr Gerhard Will from the Berlin-based German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) has warned that China will find it difficult to realize its so-called “Chinese dream” because the scheme it contradicts its basic interests in the region.

(VOV) - The Mexico-Vietnam Cooperation and Friendship Institute (MVCFI) held a meeting in front of the Chinese Embassy in Mexico City on June 25, castigating China’s illegal acts in the East Sea.

(VOV) - Escalating tensions in the East Sea and their impact on regional security were the centrepiece of a seminar held in Oslo, Norway, on June 24 by the Vietnamese embassy and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).

Up to 123 Chinese vessels on June 25 aggressively approached Vietnamese law enforcement ships to prevent them from getting close to rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 that is illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters, reported the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department. 

(VOV) - The Vietnam Lawyers’ Association has announced it will support the government in drawing up necessary legal documents to file a petition against China’s provocations in the East Sea.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long has underlined the need to resolve territorial disputes in the East Sea in accordance with international law rather than the notion “might is right.”

Many lawyers, scholars and reporters in Sri Lanka have expressed their concerns over the ongoing East Sea tension, sparked by China’s dispatch of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou - 981 in Vietnam’s continental shelf and exclusive economic zone, at a workshop recently held in capital Colombo. 

(VOV) -In recent days, many major French newspapers have run more articles protesting against China’s unjustified hegemony and its illegal placement of the oil rig Haiyang Shiyoug-981 in the East Sea.

(VOV) - At a press conference on June 24, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying concocted a false story to distract from China’s aggressive attack on a Vietnam fishing vessel and attempt to lay the blame on Vietnam. 

Nearly 80,000 articles covering China’s illegal placement of the drilling rig Haiyang Shiyou 981 in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf have been posted on the Internet since May 2, the Vietnam Government Portal reported.

China on June 24 sent 102 – 108 vessels, including six military ships, to protect its oil rig that is illegally stationed in Vietnam’s waters, continuing aggressive acts to harass Vietnamese ships, according to the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance Department. 

(VOV) - Tensions in Asia have been high ever since China placed an oil rig in disputed waters of Bien Dong Sea (the South China Sea). Former Vietnamese diplomat, Ton Nu Thi Ninh, calls on the European Union try to resolve the dispute.

(VOV) - The international community has expressed deep concern about escalating tensions in the East Sea caused by China, and several scholars even said the situation may get out of control unless a viable solution is introduced.